Why should students Start-up? Youngsters have an advantage as they grew up with the latest digital technologies.Obvious advantage of students is that they have the luxury of time. Students have more risk-taking ability and lower sustenance cost. Their mind is sharp, they are more energetic and passionate about everything and they want to MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

1. Student
Entrepreneurship

2. Ganesh V
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Marketing professional,
mentor to entrepreneurs
and author of “Bhaag”

3. Abhinaba Dey
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Founder & CEO,
AVOW Groups

4. Atul Gupta
/in/atulstays

5. “
Why wait till I’m 40,
when I can do it at 22? ”

7. Why should students Start-up?
• To have control over your job and life, you do what you love and
therefore never get bored .
• Obvious advantage of students is that they have the luxury of time.
• Students have more risk-taking ability and lower sustenance cost.
• Their mind is sharp, they are more energetic and passionate about
everything and they want to MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

8. “
I am young, have
time and am willing to
take the risk. But … ”

9. Social & Economic Impact of Startups
Social Impact
• Solve problem which
society faces (ex: doctors
review, bus ticketing, )
• Meaningful support to you
near and dear once
Economic Impact
• You create more Jobs
• Startup can be high growth
and disruptive (ex:
whatsapp in 5 year )

10. Media,
Conferences,
Events
India

11. Tech media
• YourStory
• VCCircle
• NextbigWhat
• StartupDigest

12. Conferences
• Kolkata TiECON
• NASSCOM Product Conclave,
Kolkata
• NASSCOM Education Summit
• Global Entrepreneurship
Summit 2014 – IIT KGP

13. Meetups & Events
• NASSCOM Kolkata Events
• TiE Kolkata Events
• Startup Saturday Events
• Startup Weekend
• 10000 Startups (NASSCOM)

14. How to open a
Start Up?
The basic things you need to open your company…

17. How famous
entrepreneurs
realized what
to do in life…

18. What make a Startup
Successful…

20. Opportunities
for starting up

22. My Initiatives

23. • Association with NASSCOM as a
member of the Product Council
• Lead on the industry academia
relationship
Brought together :
 NPC Kolkata
 NASSCOM Education Summit
My Initiatives

24. The Objectives of
NPC Education Summit
• Create awareness of latest technologies,
trends, industry requirements and
expectations
• Help students actively engage
themselves with the iconic people and
thought leaders of the industry
• Help create employability skills.
• Encourage entrepreneurship among
students.
 First time in Eastern India.
 Overwhelming response.
Students got the
opportunity to
showcase their ideas in
these competitions :
 Business Plan
 Idea to Prototype

26. Inspiria
Incubation Centre
at Inspiria Knowledge Campus Siliguri

27. Inspiria Incubation Centre
It has been set up to foster entrepreneurial
activities in the technology space.
It will provide a platform for start-ups and
prospective entrepreneurs to convert their ideas
into commercially viable products or services.

28. We help you take your ideas to the
market real fast.
 Ready-to-use infrastructure
 Key technical consulting through in-house experts
 Mentorship
 Access to service providers
 Plug-n-play office and connections with people
and organizations who matter.
 Access to service providers
Inspiria Incubation Centre

29. Benefits :
• Help startups develop successful brands and products.
• We will provide mentorship on the various aspects of their
successful business design.
• Our knowledge in areas ranging from research & strategy,
branding & graphic design, UI design would be useful for
startups.
• Guidance in go-to-market, connections with people and
organizations that matter.
• Setting a foundation for the startup to scale to the next level
and connection to the right source of funding.
Inspiria Incubation Centre